Eminent Edwardians: Four Figures Who Defined Their Age: Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell

by Piers Brendon

Book Overview

In his account of four characters, each of whose importance was global, each of them, in their different ways, 'monsters', Piers Brendon writes wittily, sharply and succinctly - and brilliantly illuminates an age. His cast is as follows: Lord Northcliffe, the creator of modern journalism; Arthur Balfour, at the centre of the British political stage for half a century, and inspirer of the Balfour Declaration which changed the face of the Middle East;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844130819
• ISBN13: 9781844130818
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.2"